What happens when someone has no money – nothing at all? From April 2nd you’ll apply for help from the Welsh Government’s Discretionary Assistance Fund. The contract to operate this £10.2m Fund has been awarded to Northgate Public Services working with…
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On February 1st of this year, the Welsh Government funded Communities First programme in Swansea started to work across a new set of re-designed boundaries, comprising of 5 “cluster” programmes. The creation of these new clusters is aimed at addressing…
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Poverty affects more than one in five people living in Wales today. It affects children, older people, people who are working and people who are unemployed or unable to work. And crucially, it affects disabled people including people with a visual impairment….
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Many parts of Wales face more severe fuel poverty than parts of London, according the data analysed by the Western Mail and published on 21st October 2012. Commenting on the findings, Bevan Foundation Director said “What the data shows is…
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Bevan Foundation Director Victoria Winckler shared concerns about changes to benefits for disabled people on BBC Radio Wales’s Eye on Wales programme on 14th October 2012. Speaking with Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, welfare rights adviser Jackie Hankins, Hywel Francis MP and…
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